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Re: [ISN] Curiosity kills network at security confab

From: Dave Dittrich (dittrichCAC.WASHINGTON.EDU)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2001 - 11:54:21 CDT


> Richard Johnson, security administrator for the National Center for
> Atmospheric Research, connected an Apple Airport wireless hub to his
> room's high-speed Internet port, so he could wander around his room
> and still use the Internet. Within five minutes, he said, a handful of
> hackers from nearby rooms had hitched a ride on his connection as
> well.

So that's who put up the Airport. I was wondering (although I didn't
trust it enough to actually route anything *through* it to a machine
that I cared about! ;)

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